5 Things You Didn't Know: Sin City 2

What we do know, however, is that Miller originally started writing this Nancy-centric story over a decade ago, but eventually decided to shelve it for unknown reasons. At any rate, Miller seems certain that fans of both the comics and Jessica Alba will be satisfied — as the story will, as he says, “show you a whole new side of Nancy that will break your heart.” And given that the tale is “pretty intense,” there’s certainly a good chance that Alba will finally find herself saddled with precisely the sort of challenging and difficult material that seems to be eluding her thus far in her career.

4 - Frank Miller wants to make five Sin City movies

Though production hasn’t even started on Sin City 2 yet, series creator Frank Miller has made it very clear that he hopes to make five films in total. Codirector Robert Rodriguez hasn’t commented as of yet, but if Sin City 2 is able to match (or top) its predecessors $74 million North American haul, there’s little doubt that Miller will easily get his wish.

“I would like to keep them up forever,” he says. "If I have my way, there's going to be five — but that's if I have my way!” There’s clearly no shortage of stories to choose from: During the 1990s, Miller cranked out about a dozen separate Sin City yarns that featured a wide variety of familiar characters in exceedingly precarious situations (this is in addition to another eleven short stories that were compiled in a volume entitled Booze, Broads & Bullets). Whether or not Robert Rodriguez or any of the principal actors will want to be involved in such a substantial (and decidedly ambitious) project remains to be seen, but we can’t help but admire Miller’s chutzpah in so publicly declaring his enthusiasm for this seemingly ongoing series.

5 - Production held up by The Weinstein Company

While codirector Robert Rodriguez’s wish to cast Angelina Jolie in a central role initially played a substantial part in the films delay — Jolie was pregnant with her third child at the time — it’s become increasingly clear that Sin City 2 is having a rough time getting off the ground due to The Weinstein Company’s skittishness. This is despite the fact that the original was a substantial moneymaker for the Weinstein brothers. Some industry insiders have speculated that the infamous filmmaking siblings are running low on cash due to a succession of flops (including Grindhouse and The Ex).

Frank Miller remains convinced that the movie will eventually get made, however. “No problems on Robert or my end,” he says. “The script’s all ready to go and we’re raring to go to work together again.” Add to that the fact that the first Sin City was shot on the cheap for $40 million and entirely on sets, and it seems inevitable that — when one adds in overseas box office and DVD sales — the film would eventually wind up earning money (even if it didn’t make a dime at the North American box office).

Obviously, the success of the first installment of this graphic-novel influenced movie made a sequel a real no-brainer. Audiences who fell morbidly in love with Sin City have been waiting to hear the tiniest bit of news about a second installment. Sin City offered such a unique film-viewing experience that audiences just couldn't get enough. And now that there's finally news of a new Miller release, people are frantically searching for any bit of information they can stumble upon.

Honestly, we believe that as long as Frank Miller is around, and his graphic novels are still on bookstore shelves across the nation, there will be an interest in Sin City. The fact that the first installment in a, hopefully, long line of films to come was riddled with major movie stars — and ones we actually like to watch on the big screen — have helped this comic-turned-movie take off like nothing before it.

With Frank Miller's ambitious dream of five Sin City installments we're pretty sure the public will remain hot on the heels of any new Miller entertainment releases and wait with baited breath for any future projects that might be in the works. In fact, we're pretty sure that if a line of Sin City Beanie Babies was released 10 years down the road, the public would go nuts.